I would suggest that the questioning focus on who authorized this. They've already admitted that they targeted conservative groups. That speaks for itself. You cannot say that there was no politics involved in that.

9:07 am May 17, 2013

Obama666 wrote:

They are talking to the wrong people. Get Barry and Eric under oath.

9:17 am May 17, 2013

Schulman's Cincinnati Scandal - Local Politics wrote:

Get Schulman and Geithner under oath. The IRS "thought police" activity happened under Schulman and Geithner. It's apparent today that the DNC/IRS information gathering didn't help Lee Fisher against Rob Portman for the Ohio Senate seat.

The scandal didn't come to light until after Schulman and Geithner were "safely" gone.

9:20 am May 17, 2013

Schulman's Childhood wrote:

Was in the Cincinnati region.

9:24 am May 17, 2013

Frank wrote:

Government for the people, by the people... NOT!

9:26 am May 17, 2013

j wrote:

Be great next year when this thug crew formally takes over our health care, with the jack boots from the IRS out in front.

9:52 am May 17, 2013

And the moon is made of cheese wrote:

No political motivation and no ties to Obama Administration? OK, I guess we're done here, right? Hahahaha!

9:59 am May 17, 2013

Sgt Schultz wrote:

wow, everyone is shocked but has no knowledge of who was in the loop ...reminds me of the old days "I know nothing, I see nothing."

10:02 am May 17, 2013

no notes? wrote:

Are you allowed to bring your notes to these hearings..or is NOT bringing them the easy way out of tough questions..."I'll have to get back to you on that...."

10:02 am May 17, 2013

obama wears panties wrote:

Tax cheat Rangell grilling the IRS

Only in America folks !

10:03 am May 17, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

we don't know that there is not a conspiracy yet,, did you read peggy noonan article today?? astonishing

10:04 am May 17, 2013

banana republic wrote:

So at some point this guy was reporting to Geithner..a tax cheat- and the IRS is being investigated by a committee that includes Rangel, another tax cheat...

10:07 am May 17, 2013

IRA wrote:

just snip the spine

10:18 am May 17, 2013

Paul Taylor Examiner wrote:

re these taxpayer-subsidized, partisan eco-group political endorsements in compliance with I.R.S. regulations? In light of recent admitted Obama I.R.S. discriminatory practices targeting independent and conservative service associations to obstruct their nonprofit, tax-exempt I.R.S. applications, an open and thorough I.R.S. audit should be conducted of all environmental eco-groups’ political activities. Today, such groups number in the thousands in the U.S.
ECOPOLITICS EXAMINER

10:24 am May 17, 2013

Thomas Capital wrote:

Anyone with a modicum of intelligence and reason KNOWS that the IRS scandal originated with the Obama Re-election campaign, IN other words: David Axlerod or/and Rham Emanuel and Valerie Jarret.

CLEARLY an impeachable offense. Add Benghazi, AP scandal and Fast and Furious and Obama is THE most corrupt president in American history.

10:24 am May 17, 2013

Trayvon Dungbeetle wrote:

"Rep. Jim McDermott (D., Wash.) channels the views of many liberals and said the root cause of the scandal was the 2010 Supreme Court case (Citizens United)."

Translation: "It's the Republicans' fault we targeted them for harrassment and libel -- after all, they chose of their own free will not to be liberal Democrats!"

Question for Mr. Miller: if you were to conduct an audit on yourself the same way the IRS conduct audits on US citizens, would you say you have failed the audit by giving incomplete, vague, confusing, and unsupported statements?

11:24 am May 17, 2013

Pat Galbraith wrote:

This is the result of too much power and a much to much complicated tax code. These groups are a 501 c something. Why do we haver even an 001 1(1)? Why do we have exceptions, exemptions and deductions? This tax code is approaching 75,000 pages. It is not fixable. And remember the old adage - power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. Think about it.

And a minor point. The individual who was in charge of the tax exempt evaluation group in the IRS is reportedly being put in charge of Obamacare. Think about it.

The Fired IRS Chief is going to be honest and candid with these Congressman? For the good of the country?
This is simply partisan politics at its worst. "W" probably did the same thing with non profits that had the words
'environment' or 'labor' in their names.

What a farce!

11:40 am May 17, 2013

JK wrote:

What a bunch of GOP Whiners! Get over the last two elections and 'man up'.

What exactly does the GOP stand for? I am guessing - make people scared of Obama and hope you can win an election. I would love the GOP to offer a credible alternative. So far, no such luck...

11:45 am May 17, 2013

Elvis has left the building... wrote:

..and now we know why so many of Obama's people were tripping over each other to get to the exits at the end of his first term.

11:53 am May 17, 2013

Just wondering wrote:

I would love to see a list of private citizens who donated to conservative causes/campaigns who were audited over the past three years.. I wonder if Bush was audited? Cheney? How about conservative justices or judges? How about the percentage of FOX reporters audited compared to MSNBC reporters? How about Benghazi whistle blowers? Republican governors? NRA supporters? Anti abortion activists? You just know that there's more to this..they were emboldened every year they got away with it...you just know there's more....

12:05 pm May 17, 2013

MS wrote:

You just have to wonder if the Repug's will ever find a conspiracy that they don't fall in love with. It seems the bitterness they feel from losing twice to Obama is simply more than they can handle.

Now regarding this hearing. I wish Miller would say. Of course we targeted groups seeking tax exempt status that had the name "Tea Party" in their name. I mean what could possibly go wrong with those applications.

The conservatives have over 3 more years to live with Obama. Then it would appear their angst will really ratchet up when Hillary takes over!

12:06 pm May 17, 2013

Hayek wrote:

While this fiasco out of Ohio is disappointing the GOP is clearly more concerned about scoring political points rather than anything else. The GOP desperately wants to believe that this is the Watergate moment of the Democratic Party. Message to GOP..how about you spend our tax dollars on fixing the economy and the tax code instead of blathering on about some idiotic gov't employees in a regional office?

12:39 pm May 17, 2013

Lucas wrote:

This scandal is much bigger than they are letting on, however, this will be nothing more than political theatre unless they provide data. How about subpoenaing Intuit and ask them how many TurboTax federal returns were rejected compared to prior years and then analyze the rejected returns by region and individual affiliation? Once it is revealed that constitutional rights have been violated, we can then get to the heart of the matter. Until then, I can only assume this is politicians prepping for their next election.

3:13 pm May 17, 2013

There will be he11 to pay wrote:

if someone doesn't go to prison

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